From Gustavo Politis, one of the most renowned South American archaeologists, comes the first in-depth study in English of the last “undiscovered” people of the Amazon. His work is groundbreaking and urgent, both because of encroaching guerrilla violence that makes…
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More than just a cookbook, Decolonize Your Diet redefines what is meant by “traditional” Mexican food by reaching back through hundreds of years of history to reclaim heritage crops as a source of protection from modern diseases of development. Authors…
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The Improbable Conquest offers translations of a series of little-known letters from the chaotic Spanish conquest of the RÃ­o de la Plata region, uncovering a rich and understudied historical resource. These letters were written by a wide variety of individuals,…
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For many years, scholars of the conquest worked to shift focus away from the Spanish perspective and bring attention to the often-ignored voices and viewpoints of the Indians. But recent work that highlights the “Indian conquistadors” has forced scholars to…
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Ever wonder where history books come from? If you a have, you might want to read this book. Or you might want to read it just because it's funny. Follow Liz Ranke (get it?), a would-be historian, on her own hero's quest: to write a history book!

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